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you heard romney in your earlier bite. after santorum says romney is too much like obama on a lot of issues. he's too liberal, he's like obama. you have romney returning to his experience message. i know something about the private economy. santorum is too much like obama in that he doesn't understand how the real economy works. you have santorum responding to that by echoing democratic talking points that you're going to hear if romney is the nominee. this guy is a 1% guy. he's the guy who is a wall street week. neither job is together and one way or the other. . . it's all about this guy is worse than me, not that i have a positive message that the party should rally around. >> just to the last hour of campaigning. he doesn't care what the unemployment rate will be. let's watch. . there's something more foundational that's going on here. we have one nominee who says he wants to run the economy. what kind of kefb active runs the economy. we tend to think the government doesn't create jobs. what the government does is crea
you heard romney in your earlier bite. after santorum says romney is too much like obama on a lot of issues. he's too liberal, he's like obama. you have romney returning to his experience message. i know something about the private economy. santorum is too much like obama in that he doesn't understand how the real economy works. you have santorum responding to that by echoing democratic talking points that you're going to hear if romney is the nominee. this guy is a 1% guy. he's the guy who is...
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mitt romney is hoping to finally win a victory in the south. nbc's tracie potts joins us live from washington with details. >> reporter: the south has been a challenge for mitt romney, he's a tough time winning over his conservatives. run of his rivals said if he wins the nomination, maybe the party should consider turning its back on its nominee. four more years of president obama is better than mitt romney. >> stay with what we have, instead of taking a risk with what may be the etch-a-sketch candidate for the future. >> reporter: newt gingrich disagrees, if romney is the nominee, all republicans should back him. >> there is no doubt in my mind, that if the choice is governor romney or barack obama, we would have no choice. this guy is a disaster. he's both radical and incompetent. the combination is almost unimaginable. >> reporter: romney's advisers are he's behind santorum by double digits one day before louisiana's primary. but instead of playing catch-up there, on thursday, romfy was courting lawmakers on capitol hill. outside that event
mitt romney is hoping to finally win a victory in the south. nbc's tracie potts joins us live from washington with details. >> reporter: the south has been a challenge for mitt romney, he's a tough time winning over his conservatives. run of his rivals said if he wins the nomination, maybe the party should consider turning its back on its nominee. four more years of president obama is better than mitt romney. >> stay with what we have, instead of taking a risk with what may be the...
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mitt romney, rick santorum, newt gingrich all have spent time in the south this week with romney especially trying to break through there with voters. want to sound smart today tell your friends mississippi and alabama often vote together, they've chosen different republican primary winners only once since 1980. the only time the two states voted separately last time around, 2008. john mccain won mississippi but alabama went to former arkansas governor mike huckabee. >>> enough with the real news. huddle around the water cooler to watch two florida politicians do battle rhyming on the floor of the state legislature while debating hb 701 an amendment to the florida evidence code. alan williams, speaker dean cannon of winter park. >> jay-z said it best. i'm going to quote for you. i know my rights, so you're going to need a warrant for that. even went further to say aren't you sharp as a tack, you're a lawyer or something? you know, so members when looking at this, support this. if you support jay-z, support this amendment. >> i must respectfully disagree with the correction in the song it wa
mitt romney, rick santorum, newt gingrich all have spent time in the south this week with romney especially trying to break through there with voters. want to sound smart today tell your friends mississippi and alabama often vote together, they've chosen different republican primary winners only once since 1980. the only time the two states voted separately last time around, 2008. john mccain won mississippi but alabama went to former arkansas governor mike huckabee. >>> enough with...
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he said now is the time for republicans to unite behind romney. santorum tried spin. >> all the endorsers, the establishment, you know, who is comfortable with the status quo, go with romney. >> reporter: shifting to maryland. >> i want to get america right, again. >> reporter: one of his top aids said romney plans to erase the conservative focus like you shake an etch a sketch. >> he said turn it over and shake it, then start all over. >> reporter: mocking romney as a fake conservative, which he rushed to deny. >> the issues i'm running on will be the same. i'm running as a conservative republican. >> gingrich joined the attack. >> here is romney's staff. they don't have the decency to wait until they get the nomination to sell us out. >> reporter: i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. >>> city commissioners in florida voted no confidence in their police chief over their investigation in the shooting death of a black teenager. three of five voted against the chief with one demanding he resign. the town city manager who has the actual author
he said now is the time for republicans to unite behind romney. santorum tried spin. >> all the endorsers, the establishment, you know, who is comfortable with the status quo, go with romney. >> reporter: shifting to maryland. >> i want to get america right, again. >> reporter: one of his top aids said romney plans to erase the conservative focus like you shake an etch a sketch. >> he said turn it over and shake it, then start all over. >> reporter: mocking...
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romney's campaign. we talked about his announcement maiden speech when he launched his campaign, he told a big lie in this case about the economy. not just in his first speech, in his first ad on the romney campaign, he told an absolute black and white, no question full on, blatant lie. >> i am confident we can steer ourselves out of this crisis. we need a rescue plan for the middle class. we need to provide relief for homeowners. it will take a new direction. if we keep talking about the economy, we are going to lose. >> stop it right there. that was mitt romney's first television ad. makes it sound really bad, right, what president obama said, makes it sound awful. president obama is saying, right there, you heard him in the ad, if we keep talking about the economy, we are going to lose. i want to know what president obama really said? >> senator mccain's campaign actually said, i quote, if we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose. >> he was quoting somebody else. he was quoting somebody
romney's campaign. we talked about his announcement maiden speech when he launched his campaign, he told a big lie in this case about the economy. not just in his first speech, in his first ad on the romney campaign, he told an absolute black and white, no question full on, blatant lie. >> i am confident we can steer ourselves out of this crisis. we need a rescue plan for the middle class. we need to provide relief for homeowners. it will take a new direction. if we keep talking about the...
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speaking to supporters in texas today, santorum doubled down in his attacks against romney. suggesting republicans might be better off with president obama. >> you one by giving people a choice. you win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who is just going to be a little different than the person in there. if they're going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have, instead of taking a risk of what may be the etch a sketch candidate for the future. >> in a statement, romney responded, quote, i was disappointed to hear that rick santorum would rather have barack obama as president than a republican. this election is more important than any one person. it is about the future of america. any of the republicans running would be better than president obama and his record of failure, unquote. newt gingrich also weighed in on santorum's remarks. >> i may have very substantial disagreements with governor romney. there is no doubt in my mind, that if the choice was governor romney or barack obama, we would hav
speaking to supporters in texas today, santorum doubled down in his attacks against romney. suggesting republicans might be better off with president obama. >> you one by giving people a choice. you win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who is just going to be a little different than the person in there. if they're going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have, instead of taking a risk of what may be the etch...
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he had an opportunity, really inflict a blow on romney, and romney survived. he doesn't come out beloved, but he survived. where santorum is lucky, he gets to go into a big general election one more time and basically run the same campaign. but the closed primary, different factors at work and, you know, maybe romney can improve upon how he campaigned and, you know, santorum's got to improve upon how he campaigned. i heard one republican pollster said he ended up campaigning against sex when he came in and against college on the way out. and that's ultimately what got in his way. >> in an interview, he says this seems to be an ideological divide wean santorum and the rest of the country. so biden's comfortable going there, romney seems so afraid. >> i don't get that, except that you go back to republicanromney got a certain square to play in as an effective candidate and that's where he wants to stay. >> i want to play one more thing for you. last night, john mccain was on the "tonight show" and lamenting this process. here's what he says. >> these super pacs
he had an opportunity, really inflict a blow on romney, and romney survived. he doesn't come out beloved, but he survived. where santorum is lucky, he gets to go into a big general election one more time and basically run the same campaign. but the closed primary, different factors at work and, you know, maybe romney can improve upon how he campaigned and, you know, santorum's got to improve upon how he campaigned. i heard one republican pollster said he ended up campaigning against sex when he...
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romney. maybe it is because the romney camp said it would take an act of god for santorum or gingrich to win. god seems like he wants to make it happen. all right. let's look at the big board. according to nbc news, here's where the race to the 1,144 delegates stands. mitt romney leads with 419. rick santorum swek 184. newt gingrich third 136. ron paul is way behind with 34. the romney campaign political director rich beesen distributed a memo saying santorum and gingrich trail by margin that's cannot mathematically make up. rick santorum did not try to fight math with math today. >> pretty sad when all you have is to do math trying to go out there and win it on substance and on what americans want to hear about. we're a long, long way from over and you know what i suspect if we keep winning state after state after state we'll be the nominee. >> according to nbc mitt romney needs to win 48% of the remaining delegates to clinch the nomination and rick santorum needs to win 63%. the only thing
romney. maybe it is because the romney camp said it would take an act of god for santorum or gingrich to win. god seems like he wants to make it happen. all right. let's look at the big board. according to nbc news, here's where the race to the 1,144 delegates stands. mitt romney leads with 419. rick santorum swek 184. newt gingrich third 136. ron paul is way behind with 34. the romney campaign political director rich beesen distributed a memo saying santorum and gingrich trail by margin that's...
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limbaugh saying today mitt romney might be the conservative alternative to mitt romney. actually this crazy rationale for justifying rush limbaugh supporting the historically most liberal republican certainly in his past he was the most liberal republican who's ever run for president. >> well, that's right. i mean, you know, look, all the numbers seem to indicate that romney has an insurmountable lead. i will say i don't think he'll get to the convention with the requisite number of delegates. >> we're really looking forward to it. we're counting on you to continue to damage romney as much as you possibly can. >> i'm doing the best i can. >> bombing him with those super pac ads. >> i can't do any better than eric today. kudos to eric. >> you guys working on an etch a sketch ad now? >> no. but i think somebody is. i certainly think the obama campaign would make it just for fun. >> rick tyler, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. >> we're going to be right back. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] not everything powerful has to guzzle fuel. the 2012 e-cl
limbaugh saying today mitt romney might be the conservative alternative to mitt romney. actually this crazy rationale for justifying rush limbaugh supporting the historically most liberal republican certainly in his past he was the most liberal republican who's ever run for president. >> well, that's right. i mean, you know, look, all the numbers seem to indicate that romney has an insurmountable lead. i will say i don't think he'll get to the convention with the requisite number of...
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the economic theories of gingrich, santorum, and romney. they are bankrupt. if you give any one of these guys the keys to the white house, they will bankrupt the middle class again. >> the vice president focused specifically on the government's rescue of the auto industry. biden says that never would have happened if the president's opponents had their way. it saved a million jobs. >> governor romney was more direct. let detroit go bankrupt. newt gingrich said, quote, a mistake. but the guy i work with every day, the president, he didn't flinch. this is a man with steel in his spine. he made the tough call and the verdict is in. president obama was right and they were dead wrong. >> president obama himself, meanwhile in maryland yesterday, where he also went on the campaign attack. the president mocked the republican field's resistance to alternative energy. >> lately we've heard a lot of professional politicians, a lot of the folks who are, you know, running for a certain office who shall go unnamed, they have been talking down new sources of energy. if some
the economic theories of gingrich, santorum, and romney. they are bankrupt. if you give any one of these guys the keys to the white house, they will bankrupt the middle class again. >> the vice president focused specifically on the government's rescue of the auto industry. biden says that never would have happened if the president's opponents had their way. it saved a million jobs. >> governor romney was more direct. let detroit go bankrupt. newt gingrich said, quote, a mistake. but...
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but romney has to pivot strongly. he has to demonize obama because the strongest thing going for him is so many republicans find president obama at the very least extremely distasteful. and that's a big motivator for them. >> each night, rachel maddow takes on the biggest stories of the day with in-depth analysis and guests from all sides of the issue. >>> a new york city police officer is under arrest allegedly seen on this video with another man punching someone in a nightclub. the officer was not on duty at the time. the victim was left in a coma and may have suffered brain damage. >>> in colorado, one family videotaped their narrow escape from the wildfires there that have already claimed two lives. take a listen as an older brother tries to keep his sister calm. >> daddy. >> we'll make it. we're going to be fine. >> where's mom? what is she stopping for? >> there it is. right here. >> oh, my gosh. >> it's okay. we're out. we're out. >> just frightening there. >> we may be fudging things a bit here. it's not exact
but romney has to pivot strongly. he has to demonize obama because the strongest thing going for him is so many republicans find president obama at the very least extremely distasteful. and that's a big motivator for them. >> each night, rachel maddow takes on the biggest stories of the day with in-depth analysis and guests from all sides of the issue. >>> a new york city police officer is under arrest allegedly seen on this video with another man punching someone in a nightclub....
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finally, let me finish tonight with the romney ad, the romney aide rather who tells us romney's word is not his bond. we begin with mitt romney's etch-a-sketch problem. howard feinman, and mike a newcomer from "the boston globe" which of course is the hub of the universe up there. here it is again by the way, top romney aide eric fernstrom's line yesterday. >> good morning, sir it's fair to say john mccain was a more modern candidate than the ones that governor romney faces now. is there a concern that the pressure from santorum and gingrich might force the governor to tack so far to the right it would hurt him with moderate voters in the general election? >> i think he hit a reset campaign for the fall. almost like an etch-a-sketch you can shake it up and we start all over again. >> in other words like one of these things. an etch-a-sketch gaffe made just as much news in the papers as the jeb endorsement yesterday. here in the "washington post," "romney endorsed by jeb bush mocked over an aide's remark." "the new york times," "romney's day to relish is marred by aide's gaffe" and "t
finally, let me finish tonight with the romney ad, the romney aide rather who tells us romney's word is not his bond. we begin with mitt romney's etch-a-sketch problem. howard feinman, and mike a newcomer from "the boston globe" which of course is the hub of the universe up there. here it is again by the way, top romney aide eric fernstrom's line yesterday. >> good morning, sir it's fair to say john mccain was a more modern candidate than the ones that governor romney faces now....
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shake things up. >>> mitt romney has once again contradicted mitt romney. romney sent his handlers into a panic today after this. >> mark rubio is being debated, i believe, later this week, that deals with banning, or allowing employers to ban providing female contraception. have you taken a position on it? he's said that he was for that, and we'll talk about personhood in a second, but he said he was for that. >> i'm not for the bill, but, look, the idea of presidential candidates getting into questions about contraception within a relationship between a man and a woman, a husband and wife, i'm not going there. >> okay. that settles it. couldn't be clearer. mitt romney is against the blount amendment, that the senate plans to vote on tomorrow. the amendment that would allow employers to refuse to provide contraception or any other health care provision in a health insurance policy if they find it morally objectionable. rick santorum, of course, supports the blunt amendment. jim heath, that ohio reporter you just saw, who conducted that interview, rightfull
shake things up. >>> mitt romney has once again contradicted mitt romney. romney sent his handlers into a panic today after this. >> mark rubio is being debated, i believe, later this week, that deals with banning, or allowing employers to ban providing female contraception. have you taken a position on it? he's said that he was for that, and we'll talk about personhood in a second, but he said he was for that. >> i'm not for the bill, but, look, the idea of presidential...
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then romney added, and you're going to love this. ever heard of a ship called the "titanic"? it's a humorous story. rick santorum gave a speech at the jelly belly factory in california. incidentally, the jelly belly factory was also newt gingrich's nickname in college. isn't that weird? kind of a cool nickname. >> that's cool. >> jelly belly factory. >> what's up, jelly belly factory? >> a new poll found that president obama's approval rating is above 50% for the first time since last may. obama made sure -- [ cheers and applause ] yeah. obama made sure to thank the people who made that possible, mitt romney, rick santorum, newt gingrich and ron paul. >> tonight, jimmy welcomes comedian artie lange, and musical guest ed sheeran. that's "late night with jimmy fallon" on your local nbc station. >>> time now for entertainment news. at the box office this weekend, "the hunger games" still dominating, but two new films could still do well. >> you act surprised. >> well, it's amazing people are so into this. the record-breaker will take the top spot again. the only question is by h
then romney added, and you're going to love this. ever heard of a ship called the "titanic"? it's a humorous story. rick santorum gave a speech at the jelly belly factory in california. incidentally, the jelly belly factory was also newt gingrich's nickname in college. isn't that weird? kind of a cool nickname. >> that's cool. >> jelly belly factory. >> what's up, jelly belly factory? >> a new poll found that president obama's approval rating is above 50% for...
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you have to see this. >>> and mitt romney is fighting again with mitt romney. he said something unrehearsed today and his campaign had to tell him how wrong he was. melissa harris-perry joins me on the ball of confusion that is mitt romney. >>> and later, two senators join me. senator patty murray on the fight against the blunt and then the united states senate and a virginia senator who fought against the invasive pre-abortion testing. >>> and in the rewrite tonight, we'll have an exclusive interview with the woman who was refused communion by the priest at her mother's funeral, because she lives with a woman. in the works package, we change the oil we change the filter... tire rotation, suspension, we make suspension checks... what we have here is the multi-point inspection. every time a vehicle comes into a ford dealership you'll be presented with one of these. we check the belts, hoses... brakes. tires and the pressures... battery, all your fluids... exhaust system, transmission... we inspect your air filter... it gets done,it gets done quickly and it gets
you have to see this. >>> and mitt romney is fighting again with mitt romney. he said something unrehearsed today and his campaign had to tell him how wrong he was. melissa harris-perry joins me on the ball of confusion that is mitt romney. >>> and later, two senators join me. senator patty murray on the fight against the blunt and then the united states senate and a virginia senator who fought against the invasive pre-abortion testing. >>> and in the rewrite tonight,...
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romney said he wanted to get rid of planned parenthood. how do you think that's going to play among republican women in the philadelphia suburbs. that's the swing vote in pennsylvania. >>> each night ed schultz and his guests debate the issues affecting americans. >>> the u.s. soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians has been moved out of the country. he's been moved to a detention center in kuwait. a military lawyer from his base near seattle is going to travel to meet with his client. during defect secretary leon panetta's talk to american troops yesterday the marines were ordered to be unarmed and leave their weapons outside. as panetta's plane was arriving in afghanistan, an afghan driver in a stolen pickup truck crashed into a ditch as he attempted to hit a group of marines. that driver was killed. >>> in his attempts to crush opposition to his regime syrian president bashar al-assad has been reportedly been getting advice from iran. the guardian published excerpts of what it says are e-mails sent by assad and his wife since las
romney said he wanted to get rid of planned parenthood. how do you think that's going to play among republican women in the philadelphia suburbs. that's the swing vote in pennsylvania. >>> each night ed schultz and his guests debate the issues affecting americans. >>> the u.s. soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians has been moved out of the country. he's been moved to a detention center in kuwait. a military lawyer from his base near seattle is going to travel to meet...
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now he says this race is down to two people, him and mitt romney. ron paul and newt gingrich are far behind at this point. speaking of romney, today there's a vote here on capitol hill about the so-called blunt amendment that would exempt employers with religious affiliations for having to pay for contraception and birth control. this has been an issue with the obama administration in recent weeks. romney said wednesday initially that he opposes that amendment but later said he misunderstood the question and that he supports it. this would involve catholic hospitals, schools, charities, requiring them to pay for birth control. now, the senate votes on that amendment today. it is likely not to pass. in fact, some republicans have said it's too broad. veronica? >> tracie potts in washington, thank you. >>> following the announcement by senator owe llympia snow of that she will not run this year, one lawmaker has decide to run. shelly pancree today rachel maddow last night that people are fed up with gridlock in washington and that's why she expects st
now he says this race is down to two people, him and mitt romney. ron paul and newt gingrich are far behind at this point. speaking of romney, today there's a vote here on capitol hill about the so-called blunt amendment that would exempt employers with religious affiliations for having to pay for contraception and birth control. this has been an issue with the obama administration in recent weeks. romney said wednesday initially that he opposes that amendment but later said he misunderstood...
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we also think strategically we're smarter than the romney people. they've spent over $40 million on negative ads and they're still having trouble winning and i think it's because our messenger is better and our message is working. >> you don't want to miss rachel maddow's unique look on politics. that's at 9:00 eastern right here on msnbc. the place for politics. >>> here's your first look at some of the other news going on around america today. some frightening moments in columbus, ohio, as a police officer rushed to stop a man who had just stabbed four people near a college. police say the attacker turned toward the officer and that's when she began opening fire. the video shows her knocked backwards, but she managed to hold on to her gun. the suspect and two of the victims are listed as critical. >>> in michigan a devastating tornado could be seen heading for the rural village of dexter last night. it would go on to destroy at least 13 homes and damage more than 100. the storm brought large hail to the area. thankfully there were no reports of an
we also think strategically we're smarter than the romney people. they've spent over $40 million on negative ads and they're still having trouble winning and i think it's because our messenger is better and our message is working. >> you don't want to miss rachel maddow's unique look on politics. that's at 9:00 eastern right here on msnbc. the place for politics. >>> here's your first look at some of the other news going on around america today. some frightening moments in...
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the romney campaign had a silly day of damage control after a romney aide said the stupidest thing said by any campaign aide this year. that's going to be next. and i thought "i can't do this, it's just too hard." then there was a moment. when i decided to find a way to keep going. go for olympic gold and go to college too. [ male announcer ] every day we help students earn their bachelor's or master's degree for tomorrow's careers. this is your moment. let nothing stand in your way. devry university, proud to support the education of our u.s. olympic team. why you fell in love with her in the first place. and why you still feel the same. but your erectile dysfunction -- that could be a question of blood flow. cialis for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medications, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sexual activity
the romney campaign had a silly day of damage control after a romney aide said the stupidest thing said by any campaign aide this year. that's going to be next. and i thought "i can't do this, it's just too hard." then there was a moment. when i decided to find a way to keep going. go for olympic gold and go to college too. [ male announcer ] every day we help students earn their bachelor's or master's degree for tomorrow's careers. this is your moment. let nothing stand in your way....
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republican mitt romney called the president's comments a troubling development. he called the russians our number one enemy. >>> here is your "first look" at other news. in new mexico video has been made public after someone stole a school bus. there were no kids on board but plenty of danger as state police chased the driver for more than 150 miles. a police car camera shows the bus swerving back and forth as officers tried to ram the back end. they were able to do so bringing the chase to an end. >> in detroit frightening moments for a man stabbed while on his cell phone. surveillance video from a gas station shows the woman slashing the back of the man's neck and continuing to follow the victim while he tried to get help. the man survived despite an eight inch wound. the woman is still on the loose. >>> finally forget about rough waters. a boat slammed right into a house in florida. a neighbor says it was being towed by a truck when it broke loose and headed straight for house to. fortunately the family living there wasn't home at the time. can say that again.
republican mitt romney called the president's comments a troubling development. he called the russians our number one enemy. >>> here is your "first look" at other news. in new mexico video has been made public after someone stole a school bus. there were no kids on board but plenty of danger as state police chased the driver for more than 150 miles. a police car camera shows the bus swerving back and forth as officers tried to ram the back end. they were able to do so...
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was this about mitt romney? or was this about rick santorum, mike? >> it's all about mitt romney. he's still -- he's a weak front-runner. still weak, still the front-runner. and he's got a chance now. i think if gingrich gets out, it may help romney. that's not the conventional wisdom. >> i don't think he will. >> i don't think he will either. but illinois is the big contest. the fact is, the romney campaign is in a message crisis. he stands for nothing now. what's on display is losing to santorum and talking about process. that campaign must change course if he's going to -- if he's going to get to tampa within hailing d i hailing distance. he's not close enough to put it away in tampa. >> john, about mitt romney, was this about rick santorum's big win? they say he swept the south. >> i'll say both, i think. the romney campaign badly managed expectations here. they let themselves get excited about the notion they might win one or both of these states and started talking about it too much. mitt romney saying rick santorum's campaign was at a desperate end. the early exit polls las
was this about mitt romney? or was this about rick santorum, mike? >> it's all about mitt romney. he's still -- he's a weak front-runner. still weak, still the front-runner. and he's got a chance now. i think if gingrich gets out, it may help romney. that's not the conventional wisdom. >> i don't think he will. >> i don't think he will either. but illinois is the big contest. the fact is, the romney campaign is in a message crisis. he stands for nothing now. what's on display...
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louisiana, a loss for romney. kansas, possibly a loss for romney. he's got some tough -- >> the narrative. although it's only about the two southern states. it's going to be bumpy. he has a bit better chance than mississippi. kansas will be hard. alabama, really hard. and the question, do they do anything decides different tactics? the message they they're pointing out is choices and illusion. it doesn't help the narrative battle. and i think they got to step back. and say what are we going to do to change up the recipe here? >> and what sector of voters are they losing along the way as the battle draws on? >> not only did he look at the the exit polls from ohio, he cannot reach out, he cannot be embraced by evangelicals and real conservatives, by the religious right, as well as blue collar voters. but he's losing independents, losing the very people he's going to need in the fall. i think he is grinding it out. the persona is not someone that is really easily accessible. . it's not someone that is respected by voters. that he has not taken the oppo
louisiana, a loss for romney. kansas, possibly a loss for romney. he's got some tough -- >> the narrative. although it's only about the two southern states. it's going to be bumpy. he has a bit better chance than mississippi. kansas will be hard. alabama, really hard. and the question, do they do anything decides different tactics? the message they they're pointing out is choices and illusion. it doesn't help the narrative battle. and i think they got to step back. and say what are we...
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and the latest nbc news/maris poll in ohio the biggest prize on tuesday, rick santorum leads mitt romney by two points. msnbc is the place for all your super tuesday results. don't miss a minute of live special coverage beginning with way too early and "morning joe". it will continue late into the night right here on msnbc, the place for politics. all right. elsewhere, president obama beats with israeli prime minister benjamin net enya hue saying if necessary the u.s. would not hesitate to attack iran to keep it from developing a nuclear bomb. the president spoke at apac vowing to defend israel. nbc's brian mooar has the story. >> reporter: speaking to a powerful pro-israel group one day before a critical meeting with israel's prime minister, president obama sent a forceful message on iran. >> iran's leaders should understand i do not have a policy of containment. i have a policy to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >>> president obama and israeli prime minister benjamin net enya hue are at odds from keeping iran from developing a nuclear weapon. iran refuses to abandon what
and the latest nbc news/maris poll in ohio the biggest prize on tuesday, rick santorum leads mitt romney by two points. msnbc is the place for all your super tuesday results. don't miss a minute of live special coverage beginning with way too early and "morning joe". it will continue late into the night right here on msnbc, the place for politics. all right. elsewhere, president obama beats with israeli prime minister benjamin net enya hue saying if necessary the u.s. would not...
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i'm sure mitt romney supported it. romney has his romney care in massachusetts. it doesn't seem like there's a dime's worth of difference, to quote george wallace, between republicans and democrats when it comes to spending money. they all, mike, want to spend our money. and i understand about the paul ryan plan, and i salute him. i really do. but that ain't going to be the law of the land because congress loves spending other people's money as much as the president. >> look, theoretically, there's a way to cut costs. if you want to, you know, risk yourself politically, you can cut costs. but what do we do about the cultural aspects of cost when it comes to health care in this country? everybody always wants the latest mri machine. they want to have, you know, the latest thing done to them. and then nobody knows how much these things cost. nobody knows how much a vaccination costs. we just want more, and we don't even care what it costs. >> mike, human nature is you want as much as you can get, especially if somebody else will pay for it. in order for any system
i'm sure mitt romney supported it. romney has his romney care in massachusetts. it doesn't seem like there's a dime's worth of difference, to quote george wallace, between republicans and democrats when it comes to spending money. they all, mike, want to spend our money. and i understand about the paul ryan plan, and i salute him. i really do. but that ain't going to be the law of the land because congress loves spending other people's money as much as the president. >> look,...
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what is mitt romney's home field? what group is mitt romney comfortable talking in front of? >> pretty good in the corporate board room, i guess. that's probably home field for him. >> with five or six people around the table? >> you could go -- you do go, look, you live in the new york area now. and you could go to cambridge, massachusetts, or madison, wisconsin, and you would do fine. and you wouldn't think of it as an away game. the mind set that reflects is a really dangerous thing. not just because the south is so important. >> you mean romney? >> yeah. >> not just because the south is so important to the party, it reflects a sense that he cannot appeal anywhere he wants. bill clinton, barack obama, go anywhere in the country. george bush, anywhere in the country and feel like i can win this group over. i have affinity with these -- >> steve rattner, there's a comparison with john kerry here that i know john kerry does not like. and he has said as much. but are we looking at a candidate much like john kerry? >> well, i was going to say that -- something to that effect th
what is mitt romney's home field? what group is mitt romney comfortable talking in front of? >> pretty good in the corporate board room, i guess. that's probably home field for him. >> with five or six people around the table? >> you could go -- you do go, look, you live in the new york area now. and you could go to cambridge, massachusetts, or madison, wisconsin, and you would do fine. and you wouldn't think of it as an away game. the mind set that reflects is a really...
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gaffes and despite mitt romney's stiffness if you look at the latest gallup poll out, romney has 50% to barack obama's 46%. >> it says that if -- >> what does that say about barack obama? >> if we're looking at the menu and it's choice "a" or choice "b," people don't want either. >> that surprises me. does that surprise you? because barack obama has had a really good two months politically. >> and you said it the other day yesterday, he's really finding his voice. what it says is that six months ago, everybody including the upper east side liberals were ready to bail on obama and then we started to look at choice "b," and go -- >> you were never going to leave obama. >> no, no, no -- not true. >> donny -- >> the reason also this is not going to end. it's very interesting. >> you going to vote for herman cain? >> no, i'm going to tell you why santorum is going to win ohio. if you notice what's happening each time. we the media are co-conspirators. we don't want this to end. i think what happens subconsciously, the media during the next week is going to prop up santorum. they're going
gaffes and despite mitt romney's stiffness if you look at the latest gallup poll out, romney has 50% to barack obama's 46%. >> it says that if -- >> what does that say about barack obama? >> if we're looking at the menu and it's choice "a" or choice "b," people don't want either. >> that surprises me. does that surprise you? because barack obama has had a really good two months politically. >> and you said it the other day yesterday, he's really...
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i still think romney is the nominee, but i think santorum versus romney one-on-one gives romney a run for his money. he needs to become a candidate conservatives can potentially rally around. donny deutsch and mike barnicle, would you two agree? >> couldn't agree more. and i think the greatest thing for this country is if santorum became the candidate because then we will see for several months, contrast. there's a fight for the soul of this country right now and romney doesn't have a soul. he's in the middle. and to me, they just -- they buy it. they just ain't buying it. and everyone keeps saying de facto, he's going to get the nomination. i keep seeing the script, an open convention and a white knight coming in. i just -- everybody saying that can't happen. that can't happen. i see it that way. >> well, it appears that erick erickson might get his wish. illinois will basically be santorum versus romney. and i think from what i'm told, it's going to be a lot closer than a lot of people think that santorum has some strength in illinois. >> it's close now. it's 4%. >> romney, unfortun
i still think romney is the nominee, but i think santorum versus romney one-on-one gives romney a run for his money. he needs to become a candidate conservatives can potentially rally around. donny deutsch and mike barnicle, would you two agree? >> couldn't agree more. and i think the greatest thing for this country is if santorum became the candidate because then we will see for several months, contrast. there's a fight for the soul of this country right now and romney doesn't have a...
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to romney. >> but it's also the case that rick santorum shattered his electability argument with a series of statements from the criticism of john kennedy speech to the sometimes you have to be a team player quote, and on and on and on. in all of these states what has driven the ballot is the notion of who can win in november against the president. and those voters may be angry, but they are also focused on electability and that is what has done harm to rick santorum, wasn't the tv ads that did it came out of rick santorum's mouth. >> steve, they all have said things that have been, in my opinion, detrimental. they all have baggage. romney has enough money for bell hops to carry his and santorum carries his own. >> in the gaffe contest, santorums was worst. the $10,000 bet is not as bad deciding you want to run against john kennedy who has an 85% approval rating in the country. i think santorums gaffes add up in a negative way. mitt's have an emptiness, they leave us with question marks about wh
to romney. >> but it's also the case that rick santorum shattered his electability argument with a series of statements from the criticism of john kennedy speech to the sometimes you have to be a team player quote, and on and on and on. in all of these states what has driven the ballot is the notion of who can win in november against the president. and those voters may be angry, but they are also focused on electability and that is what has done harm to rick santorum, wasn't the tv ads...
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so romney is -- very interesting that you think romney has a shot. let's move from north louisiana to central florida. you have been a champion on this tragic case coming out of sanford, florida. there appears, and i say only appears, because you never know, there appears to be some movement in the tray von martin case. von martin case. >> i don't know what that means. the sheriff, i don't know whether he will be back, whether you have a boss that goes away, you know he will be back or behave differently in any way that will shame that boss if you know he is coming back. prosecutor has changed. >> changed prosecutor. the governor is now appointing another special investigator. i think everybody statewide is starting to feel the heat. >> that is very true. there is a lot of heat here. this is a very small city, small police department. and they have bungled things, to some degree, and that may compromise the investigation and even if it doesn't compromise it, it makes people lose faith in the investigation and that's bad thing because now, it's into t
so romney is -- very interesting that you think romney has a shot. let's move from north louisiana to central florida. you have been a champion on this tragic case coming out of sanford, florida. there appears, and i say only appears, because you never know, there appears to be some movement in the tray von martin case. von martin case. >> i don't know what that means. the sheriff, i don't know whether he will be back, whether you have a boss that goes away, you know he will be back or...
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romney. we're going to go back and look at all of romney's gaffs. look at all of romney's losses. go back and look at all the times that romney finished in third place. and go back and look at the head-to-head polls. if you can't nail it down, it's going to hurt. and it's going to be a debate within the republican party about whether 60 days from now in tampa we're going to want to nominate mitt romney, a guy that nobody is excited about, as a republican nominee. >> but it ain't going to be newt gingrich. >> at that point, anything is possible. so if you're newt gingrich, you're sitting there going, they're never going to pick me as secretary of state. what do i have to lose? i will be in the mix at the convention if i stay in this thing. >> yeah. >> plus, there's one other ingredient to your point, why doesn't he get out, why doesn't he negotiate a deal with santorum. i don't think any of us can comprehend the level of dislike that santorum, his campaign, and gingrich and his, what's left of his campaign, have for mitt romney. that keeps them in there. >> yeah. >> i could use tha
romney. we're going to go back and look at all of romney's gaffs. look at all of romney's losses. go back and look at all the times that romney finished in third place. and go back and look at the head-to-head polls. if you can't nail it down, it's going to hurt. and it's going to be a debate within the republican party about whether 60 days from now in tampa we're going to want to nominate mitt romney, a guy that nobody is excited about, as a republican nominee. >> but it ain't going to...
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insisting he is still a viable candidate, gingrich has hinged his entire strategy on mitt romney being incapable of securing the number of delegates needed to win the nomination, resulting in a so-called hung convention. >>> syria has accepted a u.n.-sponsored peace plan, according to international envoy kofi annan, but the u.s. is skeptical about president bashar al assad's sincerity. assad was seen on state tv touring the streets of the devastated city of homs. >>> a wildfire in colorado killed an elderly couple and burned more than 20 buildings southwest of denver. 900 homes have been evacuated and more than 700 firefighters are battling the flames. >>> and look at this little guy. a puppy small enough to fit on an iphone could set the world record for tiniest dog. the puppy weighed only 1 ounce when she was born. she was named beyonce because they say she's a survivor, and adorable. >>> now with a "first look" at wall street starting the day. the down opened at 13,197 after losing 13 points yesterday. the s&p last three points and the fwhaz down two. looking at overseas trading, in
insisting he is still a viable candidate, gingrich has hinged his entire strategy on mitt romney being incapable of securing the number of delegates needed to win the nomination, resulting in a so-called hung convention. >>> syria has accepted a u.n.-sponsored peace plan, according to international envoy kofi annan, but the u.s. is skeptical about president bashar al assad's sincerity. assad was seen on state tv touring the streets of the devastated city of homs. >>> a...